Download List of geographic designations for History major requirements

UMBC Department of History
Geographic Designation of Elective Courses for the History
Major and Minor
Non-U.S.
HIST 103: East-Asian Civilization
HIST 110: Western Civilization Up to 1700
HIST 111: Western Civilization Since 1700
HIST 200: Themes in World History
HIST 203: Film & History: Representations of Imperialism in Modern World History
HIST 204: Don’t Buy It: The Global History of Commodities
HIST 206: Entrepreneurs in the Early Modern World
HIST 207: Asian Diasporas
HIST 209: Themes in World History: Planets and Worlds, Earth and Home
HIST 242: Introduction to Contemporary Africa
HIST 243: Introduction to African History
HIST 255: History of Christianity: From Its Origins to the Reformation
HIST 273: History of the Jews in Modern Times: From the Middle Ages to 1917
HIST 274: Contemporary Jewish History: 1917 to the Present (both U.S. and NonU.S.)
HIST 291: History of East Asia Since World War II
HIST 303: The Second World War (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 306: The First World War (both U.S. and Non-US)
HIST 327: Modern Latin American History
HIST 328: Colonial Latin America
HIST 330: Ancient Science and Technology
HIST 339: Images of Science and Technology in Cinema and Media
HIST 340: Atlantic Revolutions (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 350: History of Medicine (both US and Non-US)
HIST 353: The Politics of Race in Southern Africa
HIST 354: West African History
HIST 355: Selected Topics in History
HIST 358: Art and Society in the Renaissance
HIST 360: Islam in Africa
HIST 361: French Revolution
HIST 362: Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean World
HIST 363: The Crusade
HIST 364: The Rise of Islam
HIST 365: War in the Modern World (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 366: Doing It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality
HIST 369: Darwinism: The Evolutionary Perspective (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 371: History and Film (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 373: History of the Holocaust
HIST 374: European Women’s History 1200-1750
HIST 375: European Women’s History 1750 to the Present
HIST 376: European Women’s History 1914 to the Present
HIST 378: Eastern Europe Since 1878
HIST 380: Women and Gender in Asia
HIST 381: From Samurai to “Salariman”: Japanese History Through Film and
Literature
HIST 382: Pacific Crossings: Race, War, and Gender in Asian Migrations (both U.S.
and Non-U.S.)
HIST 383: Japan in the Shogun Age
HIST 385: Contemporary Japan: 1945 to the Present
HIST 387: Medicine and Health Care in China
HIST 388: Society and Culture in China
HIST 389: Islamic Culture and Society: 570-1560 CE
HIST 391: Internship in History (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 399: Special Projects in History (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 406: The Atlantic World: The Shared History of Europeans, Africans, and
Native Americans
HIST 434: The Vietnam Wars (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 436: The Rise of China and the United States’ Response (both U.S. and NonU.S.)
HIST 445: History of Science Up to 1700
HIST 446: History of Science Since 1700 (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 453: Ancient Greece
HIST 454: Hellenistic World and Rome
HIST 455: The Roman Republic
HIST 456: The Roman Empire
HIST 457: Byzantine Civilization
HIST 458: Japan to 1800
HIST 459: Japan Since 1800
HIST 463: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages
HIST 465: The Renaissance
HIST 466: The Reformation
HIST 468: The Age of Enlightenment
HIST 469: Masculinity and Femininity in the Middle Ages
HIST 470: Tudor and Stuart England: 1485-1714
HIST 471: Britain in the Industrial Revolution: 1714-1848
HIST 472: Victorian Britain
HIST 473: Twentieth-Century Britain: The Age of Decline
HIST 477: History of China to 1644
HIST 478: History of China 1644-1912
HIST 479: History of China 1912-1949
HIST 480: Contemporary China: 1949 to the Present
HIST 481 History of Modern France: 1789-1989
HIST 483: German History: 1789-1914
HIST 484: German History: 1914 to the Present
HIST 485: Russia to 1900
HIST 486: Soviet History on Trial
HIST 487: Europe, 1815-1914
HIST 488: Europe, 1914 to the Present
HIST 493: Seminar in European History
HIST 494: Seminar in World History
HIST 497: Historical Research: European and World History (also WI credit)
HIST 498: Honors Thesis in History I (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 499: Honors Thesis in History II (both U.S. and Non-U.S.) (also WI credit)
U.S.
HIST 101: American History up to 1877
HIST 102: American History Since 1877
HIST 218: Introduction to Afro-American History: A Survey
HIST 274: Contemporary Jewish History: 1917 to the Present (both U.S. and NonU.S.)
HIST 300: Introduction to Public History
HIST 301: The American City
HIST 302: History of Maryland
HIST 303: The Second World War (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 306: The First World War (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 308: Childhood and Adolescence in America
HIST 311: American Entrepreneurs: From Christopher Columbus to Steve Jobs
HIST 316: Native American History from Contact to 1840
HIST 317: American Political Development
HIST 318: United States Constitutional History
HIST 319: Novelty & Nostalgia: The Rise of Modern America, 1877 to 1945
HIST 320: History of the Cold War
HIST 321: African-American History to 1865
HIST 322: African-American History Since 1865
HIST 323: African-American Women’s History
HIST 325: History of Women in America to 1870
HIST 326: History of Women in American Since 1870
HIST 340: Atlantic Revolutions (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 341: The American Colonies
HIST 343: Democratizing America, 1815-1850
HIST 344: The American Civil War
HIST 345: Origins of Modern America: 1877-1920
HIST 346: The United States 1917 to 1945
HIST 347: The United States Since 1945
HIST 348: History of U.S. Intelligence: The Revolution to 9/11
HIST 350: History of Medicine (both US and Non-US)
HIST 356: Selected Topics in U.S. History
HIST 365: War in the Modern World (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 369: Darwinism: The Evolutionary Perspective (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 370: The History the Jews in the United States
HIST 371: History and Film (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 377: The Jewish American Experience in Film
HIST 382: Pacific Crossings: Race, War, and Gender in Asian Migrations (both U.S.
and Non-U.S.)
HIST 391: Internship in History (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 399: Special Projects in History (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 401: The American South to 1865
HIST 402: The American South Since Reconstruction
HIST 405: Comparative Slavery: Africa and the New World
HIST 411: Service Learning in Public History
HIST 412: American Business and Economic History
HIST 413: American Revolution
HIST 415: Advanced Public History
HIST 420: American Political Development
HIST 422: Seeing & Obscuring: Documenting America in the Modern Era, 1877-1945
HIST 429: The History of Baltimore
HIST 434: The Vietnam Wars (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 435: Twentieth-Century American Foreign Policy
HIST 436: The Rise of China and the United States’ Response (both U.S. and NonU.S.)
HIST 446: History of Science Since 1700 (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 447: The Civil Rights Movement
HIST 450: Social History of American Medicine
HIST 495: Seminar in American History
HIST 496: Historical Research: American History (also WI credit)
HIST 498: Honors Thesis in History I (both U.S. and Non-U.S.)
HIST 499: Honors Thesis in History I (both U.S. and Non-U.S.) (Also WI credit)